Road-cart



(No Model.)

J. W. VORWICK.

ROAD CART. No. 411,114. Patented Sept. 17,1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH WV. VORWICK, OF MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS.

ROAD-CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,114, dated September 17, 1889.

Application filed June 29, 1889. Serial No. 316,005. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH W. VORWICK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Monmouth, in the county of WVarren and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Road-Carts; and

I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

This. invention relates. to certain new and useful improvements in road-carts; and it has for its object to provide a' cheap easy-riding vehicle of this class, to provide for the ready removal or attachment of the foot-rest, and to otherwise improve upon the construction of this class of vehicles.

The invention consists in the peculiar combinations and the construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and then particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying .drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form apart of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of a roadcart constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective detail of a portion of the foot-rest, showing its manner of attachment.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the thills, which curve downward at their rear ends in the usual manner. To the rear ends of the thills are secured the irons B, the ends of which project beyond the thills and are screwthreaded.

C is the axle, on which the rear ends of the thills rest, and this axle is held between the irons B by means of suitable nuts on the threaded ends of the irons, the rear flattened ends of the braces .D being also held in place by the same nuts, the said flattened ends being provided with suitable holes through which the threaded ends of the irons pass. The other ends of these braces are secured to the under side of the thills by means of the same bolts a. that secure the cross-bar E to the thills, as shown in Fig. 1.

F are loops attached to the under side of the thills in the curves thereof, as shown, and held in these loops are the spring-shackles G, preferably of the form shown,formed at their lower ends with eyes I), through which pass the bolts or pins 0, which also pass through eyes on the ends of the transverse spring H and serve to connect the spring to the shackleloops, as seen clearly in Fig. 1.

The spring H is preferably a semi-elliptic spring, and to this spring is secured by meansof the clips d the cross-bar or head-block I. To the ends of this cross-bar are attached the arms e, the forward ends of which are se cured to the curved seat-bars J, the forward ends of which are pivotally connected with the under side of the cross-bar E in any suitable manner. In the drawings I have chosen to show them as provided with eyes f, which e11- gage the hooks g on the under side of the said cross-bar, so that they may be readily detached by springing them outward to disengage them from the said hooks.

The seat K is attached to the upper ends of the seat-bars.

Lis the foot-rest. It is formed of the curved side bars L, the ends of which-are formed into hooks Z, and the transverse bars M, attached at their ends to the bars L.

To the under side of the cross-bar E there are attached the loops m, which engage the hooks on the forward ends of the side bars L of the foot-rest, and on the cross-bar I are the loops n, which are designed to engage the hooks on the rear ends of the bars L of the foot-rest. In this manner the foot-rest can be readily removed or attached when desired by simply engaging or disengaging the hooks and loops, as will be readily understood, al-

lowing the use of the cart as a sulky for speeding purposes.

The seat being supported entirely by the springs affords a very easy-riding vehicle.

That I claim as new is- The combination, with the thills and axle, of the loops attached to the thills, the springshackles formed with spring-loops loosely hung on said loops, the transverse spring In testimony that I claim the above I have hung" on the shackles, the head-block secured hereunto subscribed my name in the presence 10 centrally to the spring, the seat-bars pivotally of two Witnesses.

connected with the thills at their forward 7 T 1 Y 5 ends, the horizontal arms 0 on the head-block JOSEPH VORWILR and attached to the seat-bars, and the seat- Witnesses:

C. HARDIN, II. B. WEBsTER.

bar connection with the spring, substantially as shown and described. 

